| 24-25 January | The divinity teachers' national conference is organizedin its ancient form again in the Central Seminary in Budapest. |
| 9 February | Pope John-Paul II receives Hungarian PresidentÁrpád Göncz in private audience. TheHoly Father's invitation into Hungary for 1996 is confirmed at themeeting. The planned date of the visit is June 1996. |
| 23-25 February | A conference on the pastorization of university youthis held at Domaszék-Zöldfás. Topic: thepresent situation of the pastorization of universities in Hungary. |
| 10 March | The 50th anniversary of Mons. Vilmos Apor's death iscommemorated by a series of events in Győr. |
| 16-19 March | The Hungarian Organization of the OCIPE (EuropeanCatholic Information Bureau) holds a conference entitledMarginalisation, Integration and Desintegration. |
| 17 March | The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench publishes astatement in which it criticizes the latest economic measures of thegovernment because of their antisocial consequences. |
| 1 April | Conference on the relations of the state and the churchat Dobogókő |
| 11 April | Arch-abbot Asztrik Várszegi travels toMoscow in order to settle the details of the Patriarch's and the Pope'splanned joint visit to Pannonhalma in 1996 |
| 17-23 April | 5th ecumenical meeting of the Pax Romana held this timein Gyula. Topic: the Gospel � our common duty today. |
| 7 May | Beginning of the festival entitled Varadinum 95 in thehonour of King St Ladislas in Nagyvárad (Rumania) |
| 12 May | The Eastern Slaves joined the Roman Catholic church bythe Union of Brest-Litovsk 400 years ago, and so did theTranscarpathian Ukrainians (Ruthenes) by the Union of Ushgorod 350years ago. |
| 22 May | Cardinal Pio Laghi Prefect of the PontificalEducational Congregation arrives in Hungary on the invitation ofMinister for Cultural Affairs Gábor Fodor. |
| 28 May | Archbishop Giovanni Cheli President of the PapalCouncil for the Vagabonds and Diocesan Bishop SzilárdKeresztes consecrate the new church of the Greek Catholic Gypsy Parishat Hodász. |
| 31 May | Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Hornreceives the leaders of the historical churches. |
| 12 June | The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench issues anencyclical letter for the 900th anniversary of King St Ladislas' death. |
| 30 June | Pope John-Paul II begins his visit in Slovakia, themost important event of which is the canonization of three martyrpriests: the Croatian Mark Körösi, the TransylvanianHungarian István Pongrácz, and the Pole MelchiorGrodecz. |
| 11 July | A meeting of the religious leaders of the formerYugoslavia is held at Pécs with the aim of addressing acommon appeal to the world in the spirit of reconciliation. |
| 16-19 August | A Catholic University Students' National Meeting isheld at Ady-liget (Budapest). |
| 20-30 August | The Centre for the Sociology of Religion of theNational Pastoral Institute together with the Vienna-Budapest Institutefor Church Sociology and the Section for the Sociology of Religion ofthe Hungarian Sociological Society organize a conference atDobogókő in the "Manreza". |
| 17 September | National pilgrimage to Mariazell (Austria) under thedirection of Cardinal Paskai |
| 27 September | Cardinal Primate László PaskaiEsztergom-Budapest Archbishop celebrates a thanksgiving mass on the50th anniversary of the one and only Hungarian Catholic weekly"Új Ember" (New Man). |
| 28 September | The Republic of Hungary presents at the UNESCOHeadquarters in Paris an application for the admission of theArch-abbey of Pannonhalma and its immediate surroundings to the WorldHeritage List. |
| 11 October | The Faculty of Philosophy and Canonical Law of theCatholic University of Paris confers an honorary degree on ProtonotaryPéter Erdő, Professor of the PázmányPéter Catholic University on the occasion of the 100thanniversary of the Faculty's existence. |
| 12 October | The Permanent Conference of the Leaders of theHungarian Christian Churches in Rumania holds its exceptional meetingin Budapest. A declaration concerning confessional education andinstruction in the vernacular as well as the forcefully confiscatedchurch properties is published on this occasion. |
| 10-12 November | A "Network-meeting" is held in the Catholic YouthCentre of Domaszék-Zöldfás. |
| 20 November | Archbishop István Seregély,President of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Bench addresses a letterto Bishop Rudolf Baláz concerning the Slovakian law onlanguage use. |
| 20 November | 4th National Meeting of the Hungarian CatholicCharismatic Renewal in the Budapest Sports Hall |
| 20-31 November | The Ecumenical Council of the Hungarian Churchesorganizes the National Protestant Days for the third time. |
| 23 November | Hungarian President ÁrpádGöncz awards Cistercian General Abbot EmeritusPolikárp Zakar the Middle Cross of the Hungarian Republicfor his activity exerted in favour of the preservation of the Roman andItalian Hungarian community's spiritual unity, for his trustworthyrepresentation and extensive popularization of Hungarian spiritualvalues as well as for his internationally recognized scientific oeuvre. |
| 24 November | The Ministry of Culture and Public Education organizesa scientific commemorative conference on the occasion of the 100thanniversary of the XLIII Article of 1895 concerning the free exerciseof religion. |
| 29 November | Pope John-Paul II receives separately as wellVice-President of the Hungarian Parliament LászlóSalamon in the Hall "Paul VI" of the Vatican. |
| 4 December | A declaration is adopted by the general meeting of theEcumenical Council of the Hungarian Churches concerning the Slovakianlaw on language use and the peace treaty between Yugoslavia and Bosnia. |
| 18 December | The government of the Hungarian Republic decDecemberthe "Day of Minorities" on the occasion of the anniversary of the UNO'sdeclaration on the rights of ethnic minorities and establishes a prizefor the recognition of outstanding public, economic, scientific oreducational activity exerted in favour of minorities. Hungarian PrimeMinister Gyula Horn hands over the "Minorities Prize" to President ofthe Hungarian Maltese Charity Imre Kozma for his extensive activityexerted in favour of the Hungarian minorities in the neighbouringcountries, for his exemplary, altruistic and self-sacrifying conduct.As far as the representatives of the Hungarians living beyond the stateborders are concerned, Béla Kató Reformed Pastorof Ilyefalva (Rumania) gains the Prize for the launching ofepoch-making programs for the Hungarians of Rumania beneficial to theyouth, to social conditions and to those wanting to make a living.István Szépfalusi Lutheran Pastor living inVienna, a man of letters, President of the Bornemissza PéterSociety of Vienna is also awarded by the Prize in recognition of hisresearches carried out in the domain of the Western European Hungarianemigration's sociography as well as for his work exerted for the goodof this minority's religious life and its self-organization. lares 8 |
